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Jun 18, 2012

Realism and Its Discontents

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photo by Julieta Cervantes I couldn't have been more on board for Soho Rep's indie-star-studded Uncle Vanya , and not just 'caus...
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Jun 15, 2012

Vamping at Will

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A scene from As You Like It by Francis Hayman (c. 1750) Why do we keep returning with joy to As You Like It , one of Shakespeare's most...
Jun 14, 2012

Auteur, Auteur

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Does the auteur theory stop at the stage door? The idea that playwrights shouldn't direct their own work is almost axiomatic; you can se...
Jun 12, 2012

L.A. Tony Times

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What happens if you hold an online chat about the Tony Awards and only five people turn up ? Could it be a sign that you're in the wrong...
Jun 7, 2012

Checking Off a New Vanya

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The cast of Soho Rep's Uncle Vanya In the spring of 2002 I appeared in an L.A. Classical Theatre Lab production of Uncle Vanya ; I don...
Jun 6, 2012

Stage-Door Ray

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I've little to add to the encomiums (encomia?) for the late Ray Bradbury, except to recount that he was a source for my first Arts &...
Jun 4, 2012

Major Over Minor

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(cross-posted at Train My Ear ) I'm not entirely approving of the Tori Amos-ish direction of Regina Spektor's new record , but there...
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Rob Weinert-Kendt
is Editor-in-Chief of American Theatre magazine. He has written features and criticism for The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Variety, Newsday, Village Voice, Time Out NY, The Guardian, and The San Francisco Chronicle, among others. He was the founding editor of Back Stage West.
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